Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93
The rabbi-turned-jokester whose feisty brand of standup comedy got laughs from nightclubs in the Catskills to West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. Author: MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer Published: 10:02 PM EDT July 24, 2021 Updated: 10:02 PM EDT July 24, 2021
NEW YORK Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated Press.
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) â Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raul Felder told The Associated Press.
The irascible Mason was known for his sharp wit and piercing social commentary, often about the differences between Jews and gentiles, men and women and his own inadequacies. His typical style was amused outrage. Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe, he once joked. Another Mason line was: Politics doesn t make strange bedfellows, marriage does. About himself, he once said: I was so self-conscious, every time football players went into a huddle; I thought they were talking about me.
Jackie Mason, comic who perfected amused outrage, dies at 93
By MARK KENNEDYJuly 25, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated Press.
The irascible Mason was known for his sharp wit and piercing social commentary, often about being Jewish, men and women and his own inadequacies. His typical style was amused outrage.
Mark Kennedy
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 1988, file photo, comedian Jackie Mason, right, hosts TV personality Morton Downey Jr. during a live radio broadcast from Golden s Restaurant on West 51st Street in New York. Mason was also hosting the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner for theater people working on the holiday. Mason, a rabbi-turned-jokester whose feisty brand of standup comedy got laughs from nightclubs in the Catskills to West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Manhattan, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Frankie Ziths, File) July 24, 2021 - 7:25 PM
Rabbi-turned-comedian Jackie Mason dies at 93
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American stand-up comedian Jackie Mason during a photocall at the Queens Theatre in London to launch his show The Millennium Show . (Photo by Yui Mok - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
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NEW YORK - Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93.
Mason died Saturday at 6 p.m. ET at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told The Associated Press.